A Continuous Judaism
The Book of Doctrines and Opinions has posted a summary of an interesting article by Elchanan Shilo, “A Continuous Judaism Between Halakhah and Hiloni.” The entire article can be found here in Hebrew. Here is some of the summary:
It is an interesting article and brings together many ideas currently floating around. Yet, I am not sure if he is not just recreating 1920’s Conservative Judaism or a European Geminde system. Nor am I sure that all the parts of his argument work together. Shilo, who teaches Jewish thought at Orranim College and elsewhere, wants to undo the division between those who keep halakhah and those who pick and choose. He brings together those who are halakhic, with those who pick and choose, and he includes in his expanded approach both those who only occasionally find something that speaks to them in Judaism and those leaving halakhic oservance.